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Can you think of situations where you might require different basal rate settings on different days?
Temp basal rates
Temp basal should be used based on the guidance of your healthcare professional. This feature is useful to manage
blood glucose levels during unusual short-term activities or conditions. These conditions could be an illness or
physical activity.
A temporary basal rate allows an immediate short-term change to your basal insulin for a specified period of time
(30 minutes to 24 hours). This rate can be up to your maximum basal rate setting. It offers an easy way to
immediately meet short-term insulin needs for temporary activities or situations. When your blood glucose is
temporarily high or low, a temp basal rate allows you to set a temporarily higher or lower basal to accommodate
your blood glucose. For ongoing periods of increased or decreased activity, the patterns feature may be more
suitable.
How does temp basal work?
During a temp basal delivery, all other basal programming is temporarily overridden. After the temp basal delivery
is completed, your pump will return to the programmed basal. A temp basal is delivered only once and does not
repeat. If you want another temp basal, you must program the temp basal again. This feature may be useful to
temporarily increase or decrease basal insulin during illness, exercise or similar unusual situations.
Temp basal types
Based on your preference, you can select either Percent of Basal or Insulin Rate.
Insulin rate (U/H)
Insulin rate is a fixed basal in units per hour (U/H). This temp basal type is independent of your current basal. When
you select Insulin rate (U/H) for your temp basal type, your pump will deliver the fixed amount you have set for
the duration as set. The amount of your temp basal insulin rate can be set up to your maximum basal rate setting.
If you make changes to your normal basal rate, your U/H temp basal is not affected and will continue to deliver as
programmed.
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